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Guggari Shanthaveerappa Shivarudrappa (7 February 1926 – 23 December 2013), or colloquially GSS, was an Indian Kannada poet, writer and researcher who was awarded the title of Rashtrakavi (national poet) by the Government of Karnataka in 2006.

G. S. Shivarudrappa
Born	(1926-02-07)7 February 1926 Issuru, Shikaripura, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
Died	23 December 2013(2013-12-23) (aged 87) Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Writer, professor
Nationality	Indian
Period	1950-2007
Genre	Poetry, criticism
Literary movement	Navya, Navodaya and Pragathisheela

Early life

Shivarudrappa was born on 7 February 1926 in Issur Village, Shikaripura Taluk, in Shivamogga district of Karnataka.^{[citation needed]} He died on 23 December 2013 in Bangalore. His father was a school teacher. He did his primary and secondary schooling in Shikaripura.^{[citation needed]}

Education

Shivarudrappa gained his BA in 1949 and MA in 1953 from University of Mysore, having secured gold-medals on three occasions. He was a student and follower of Kuvempu and was heavily inspired by Kuvempu's literary works and life.^{[citation needed]}

In 1965, G.S. Shivarudrappa secured a doctorate for his thesis "Soundarya Sameekshe" (Kannada : ಸೌಂದರ್ಯ ಸಮೀಕ್ಷೆ), written under the guidance of Kuvempu, a pioneering work in the field of literary aesthetics.[1]

Professional life

Shivarudrappa started his career in 1949 as a lecturer in Kannada language at the Mysore University. In 1963, he joined Hyderabad's Osmania University as a reader, eventually becoming the head of the Kannada department. He remained at Osmania University until 1966.^{[citation needed]}

In 1966, Shivarudrappa joined the Bangalore University as a professor. He was later elected as the director of the university and he continued to contribute to the university's Kannada Study Center (Kannada : ಕನ್ನಡ ಅಧ್ಯಯನ ಕೇಂದ್ರ).^{[citation needed]}

He served as a lecturer in Kannada in places like Davanagere, Shivamogga and Mysore. He shifted his base to the Bangalore University in 1966 and retired from services in 1986 as the Director, Centre of Kannada Studies. He was the president of the Karnataka Sahitya Academy during 1987–90.[2]

Later life and death

Shivarudrappa has worked as a Kannada professor at the Maharaja's College, Mysore[3] and later at the Postgraduate Kannada Department of Bangalore University. He died on 23 December 2013 at his Banashankari, Bangalore residence.[4][5] The State Government declared a two-day mourning in his honour.^{[citation needed]}

Rashtrakavi

Shivarudrappa was honoured with the title of Rashtrakavi (Sanskrit for "Poet of the Nation") by the Government of Karnataka during the Suvarna Karnataka (Golden Jubilee celebrations of Karnataka) occasion on 1 November, the Kannada Rajyotsava day, 2006.[6] He was the third Kannada poet to be honoured with this title, after Govinda Pai and Kuvempu.^{[citation needed]}

Literary works

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Collection of poems

• Saamagaana
• Cheluvu-Olavu
• Devashilpa
• Deepada Hejje
• Chakragathi
• Anaavarana
• Tereda Daari
• Godhe
• Vyakthamadhya
• Teerthavaani
• Kaarthika
• Kaadina Katthalalli
• Agniparva
• Yede Tumbhi Haadidenu
• Nooraru Kavithegalu
• Samagra Kavya
• nana hanathe

Criticism

• Parisheelana
• Vimarsheya Poorva Pashchima
• Soundarya Sameekshe (PhD thesis)
• Kaavyaartha Chintana
• Gattibimbha
• Anuranana
• Pratikriye
• Kannada Sahithya Sameekshe
• Mahakavya Swaroopa
• Kannada Kavigala Kaavyakalpane
• Desiyatheyalli Aralida Datta Pratibhe
• Yavudoo Sannadalla
• Pampa : Ondu Adhyayana
• Samagra Kannada Sahitya Charitre – A history of Kannada literature and language and its growth over the centuries[7]
• Kuvempu - Punaravalokana/Kuvempu - a Reappraisal – A biographical work on Kuvempu, done for Government of Karnataka

Travelogues

• Moscowdalli 22 dina (22 Days in Moscow) – Winner of Soviet Land Nehru Award.
• Englandinalli Chaturmaasa (Four months in England)
• Americadalli Kannadiga (Kannadiga in America)
• Gangeya Shikharagalalli (In the Crest of the River Ganges)

Biography

• Shivayogi Siddarama
• Shri Kuvempu
• Kavi Bendre
• Fakeer Mohan Senapathi

Autobiography

• Chaturanga

Works on GSS

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• Gourava A Felicitation Volume about the Life and Literature of G. S. Shivarudrappa
• Hanate A Felicitation Volume about the Life and Literature of G. S. Shivarudrappa
• Aakashadeepa A Felicitation Volume about the Life and Literature of G. S. Shivarudrappa
• G. S. Shivarudrappa (Biography) by H. S. Venkateshamurthy
• G. S. S. Sanchaya (An Anthology of Selected Writings)
• Government of Karnataka had published his Complete Works in 9 Volumes at the subsidized price.

Awards and honours

• Pampa Award – 1998[8]
• Rashtrakavi Award (Poet of the Nation) – 2006[6]

References

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